Born 24 Moorfields Pavement Row, Finsbury. This was the Swan and Hoop pub, where his father worked as a stableman and later managed the inn. Baptised at St Botolphs. 1815-16 trained at Guy’s Hospital and qualified as a surgeon-apothecary, but his interests lay in literature and poetry. Died of consumption in Rome where he is buried in the Protestant Cemetery.
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John Keats
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John Keats birthplace
In a house on this site, the "Swan & Hoop", John Keats, poet, was born, 1...
John Keats - Enfield
The house which stood on this site was built in the late 17th century. Later ...
John Keats - NW3
John Keats, poet, lived in this house. B: 1795. D: 1821. {Almost hidden in t...
Keats and Stephens
On this site, poet & apothecary John Keats, & his friend, the poet, a...
Keats, D'Israeli, Clarke at Enfield
According to Enfield Borough this plaque, together with the remaining plaque,...
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Hampstead War Memorial
From the inscriptions it seems that the obelisk was created as a WW1 memorial...
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